tor-

tor-

See also: tor, Tor, TOR, tör, tőr, -tor, and Appendix:Variations of "tor"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Icelandic tor- (prefix).

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

Faroese terms prefixed with tor-

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

• tyr- (archaic)[1]

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”).

Cognate with Faroese tor- (prefix), Norwegian Nynorsk tor- (prefix) and dialectal Swedish tor- (prefix), Old English tor- (prefix) and tō- (prefix) (whence Middle English tor, tore (prefix), toor (prefix), whence English tore (“hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich”) and torfer), Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix).[1]

Compare Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix),[1] Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, prefix), and Old Irish do-.

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

Icelandic terms prefixed with tor-

• torfær
• torfæra
• torkennilegur
• torlæsi
• tormerki
• tornæmi
• tornæmistími
• tornæmur
• torsóttur
• tortryggilegur
• tortrygginn
• tortryggja
• tortryggni
• torvelda
• torveldur

 

References

1. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Icelandic Etymological Dictionary. Publisher: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, first edition 1989 →ISBN